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Article 2. VOTED: That the Town raise and ap- propriate money to defray the General Town Expenses for the current year, as recommended by the Selectmen and the Heads of the various Departments.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
VOTED: That the sum of $45,897.00 be raised and appropriated as follows:
Moderator
$ 65.00
Selectmen
Chairman
600.00
Associates (2)
1,000.00
Clerk
2,380.00
Expense
475.00
Accountant
Salary
3,900.00
Expense
180.00
Treasurer
Salary
1,737.50
Clerk
2,020.00
Extra Clerk Hire
250.00
Expense
1,075.00
Tax Title Expense
500.00
Parking Meter Expense
.00
New Adding Machine (old one to be traded in) . 200.00
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Tax Collector
Salary
3,000.00
Clerk
2.080.00
Extra Clerk Hire
175.00
Expense
1,756.00
Tax Title Expense
400.00
New Typewriter
.00
Assessors
Chairman
900.00
Associates (2)
1,600.00
Senior Clerk
2,380.00
Junior Clerk
1,740.00
Expense
765.00
Planning Board
Master Plan Study
5,000.00
Engineering Service
1,000.00
Printing Rules & Regulations
150.00
Plan File
.00
General Expense
270.00
Attorney's Fees
500.00
Costs and Claims
160.00
Finance Committee
Clerk
100.00
Expense
300.00
Election and Town Meetings
2,250.00
Registrars
Salaries
250.00
Expense
1,328.00
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Town Clerk
Salary
1,262.50
Expense
248.00
Vital Statistics
50.00
Town Office Expense
1,800.00
Custodian's Salary
2,050.00
45,897.00
PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY
VOTED : That the sum of $97,415.00 be raised and appropriated as follows :
Police
Salaries
$ 36,525.00
Expense
7,000.00
Lockup
Salary
125.00
Expense
50.00
Fire
Salaries
33,730.00
Expense
9,785.00
Building Inspector
Salary
1,000.00
Expense
180.00
Wiring Inspector
Salary
1,000.00
Expense
180.00
Dog Officer
Salary
300.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary
250.00
Expense 50.00
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Tree Warden
Salary
1,300.00
Labor
2,500.00
Expense
1,040.00
Moth Department
Labor
1,200.00
Expense
1,200.00
97,415.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
VOTED : That the sum of $25,855.00 be raised and appropriated as follows:
Board of Health
Chairman
600.00
Associates (2)
1,000.00
Clerk
1,750.00
Expense
1,125.00
Inspector of Animals
Salary
150.00
Inspector of Milk
Salary
200.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
Salary
150.00
Inspector of Plumbing
Salary
1,000.00
Expense
180.00
Diptheria Clinic
50.00
Dental Clinic
500.00
Garbage Collection
4,750.00
Rubbish Collection
8,400.00
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Mosquito Control
.00
Hospitalization
6,000.00
25,855.00
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
VOTED: That the sum of $57,638.00 be raised and appropriated as follows:
Highway Surveyor
Salary
3,500.00
Clerk
.00
Labor
20,488.00
Expenses
16,650.00
Engineering Service
2,000.00
Snow and Ice
14,000.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,000.00
57,638.00
CHARITIES
VOTED : That the sum of $123,700.00 be raised and appropriated as follows:
Assistance 116,000.00 Administration 7,700.00
123,700.00
VETERANS' BENEFITS
VOTED : That the sum of $37,545.00 be raised and appropriated as follows :
Veterans' Agent
Salary
3,530.00
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Clerk Expense Veterans' Benefits
430.00
585.00
33,000.00
37,545.00
SCHOOLS
VOTED : That the sum of $480,436.50 be raised and appropriated as follows, and that the County Dog License Refund in the amount of $700.67 and the Cod- dington Fund Interest in the amount of $52.62 be used to reduce School Expenses :
Salaries and Wages
$377,827.50
Expenses for Pub-
lic and Vocational
Education $102,609.00 480,436.50
Less County Dog
License Refund
& Coddington
Fund Interest 753.29
101,855.71
$479,683.21
WATER DEPARTMENT
VOTED : That the sum of $65,637.72 be raised and appropriated and that the sum of $9,000.00 be transferred from the E. & D. Account as follows :
Commissioners
Chairman
200.00
Associates (2) 400.00
Superintendent
3,700.00
Senior Clerk - Collector
2,755.00
Junior Clerk
1,730.00
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Labor 13,278.72
Expense 16,000.00
To be transferred from the E. & D. Account :
Morgan Street - Article 89
6,750.00
Fuller Street - Article 90
2,250.00
Sarah Street - Article 91
4,500.00
Edwin Street - Aarticle 92
3,712.00
Morse Street - Article 93
5,062.00
Ryan Street - Article 94 1,800.00
Joint Account
12,500.00
74,637.72
MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST
VOTED : That the sum of $143,046.25 be raised and appropriated as follows :
Maturing Debt 110,000.00
Interest
33,046.25
143,046.25
UNCLASSIFIED
VOTED : That the sum of $50,350.18 be raised and appropriated as follows:
Turner Library Expense 2,000.00
Town Report 2,500.00
Insurance 14,000.00
Street Lights 23,059.50
Retirement Costs
5,440.68
A. O. Christiansen Pension 2,500.00
Memorial Day Expense 850.00
50,350.18
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Article 3. VOTED: That the Town transfer the sum of $8,130.53 from the Excess & Deficiency Account for unpaid bills of previous years in various departments :
Hospitalization 75.30
Mitchell St. Construction
4,200.00
Schol Expense 1,082.00
Veterans' Benefits
1,658.57
Holbrook Water Department
1,114.66
8,130.53
Article 4. VOTED: That the sum of $3,500.00 be raised and appropriated for the employment of district nurses, as provided for by Section 5, Chapter 40, General Laws, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 371, Acts of 1921. 3,500.00
Article 5. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY: That the Town accept Chapter 624 of the Acts of 1952 which pro- vides for an increase in the amount of pensions, retire- ment allowances and annuities payable to certain for- mer public employees.
Article 6. VOTED : That the following unex- pended balances of appropriations, the purpose for which they were made having been completed, be transferred to the Excess and Deficiency Account :-
Revaluation List
$ 36.55
Fire Alarm Conduit
111.05
Hall Street Repairs
63.00
Cedar Circle Drain
42.00
Liberty Street Drain 16.37
Himoor Circle Drain 15.87
Byron Street (No. Randolph) Layout
25.00
Byron Street (off Vesey Road) Layout 10.00
Payson Avenue Layout 15.00
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Hilgard Street Layout
20.00
Dorr Street Layout McNeill School Addition Crawford Land
13.00
6.86
1.00
$375.70
Article 7. VOTED : To hear and act on the report of any committee and choose any committee the Town may think proper.
Drainage Committee Report read by Mr. Edward J. Roycroft. Committee to re-write the By Laws of the Board of Health reported that the new By Laws are in the process of being printed.
School Planning Committee report given by Mr. Clark W. Freeman.
Committees to be appointed :
A Committee of 5 (five) voters of the Town to in- vestigate the advisability of the purchase of a bus or buses for the transportation of school children to the Randolph Public Schools and that this Committee report back to the School Committee before December 21, 1953.
That a 10 (ten) man Committee be appointed by the Moderator to check to see if the recommendations and standards of valuation of the Cleminshaw reports are com- plied with. The findings of this Committee are to be announced at a public meeting Friday evening, May 8, 1953, at the Town Hall. The Committee is to be ap- pointed before the close of the 1953 Annual Town Meet- ing.
A Committee of 9 (nine), including the Board of Selectmen. the Chief of Police and five citizens to be se- lected by the Moderator, to be known as the "Pedestrian Safety Committee" be appointed to study and make rec- .
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ommendations at the next Town Meeting as to what should be done about Pedestrian Safety in our business area ; and a Committee of 7 (seven) to include the Chief of Police be appointed to study the pedestrian situation and lack of curbing in the north end of Randolph and from there to study and recommend other portions of the Town that are in need of safety measures.
A Committee of five (5) members to be appointed by the Selectmen preferably one member with professional experience in the Personnel and Job Classification field, for the purpose of making a comprehensive study of job classification and salaries with a view of establishing a uniform schedule for the Town Employees. This com- mittee is to submit its recommendations at the next An- nual Town Meeting.
A Committee of one (1) to compile and bring up to date all the By Laws and Amendments of the Town. Mod- erator Pemberton appointed himself to this one-man Com- mittee.
A motion was passed that the Moderator suggest that all Committees appointed at this meeting have a writ- ten report in the Annual Town Report of next year.
Article 8. VOTED: That the Town authorize the Water Commissioners to appoint one of their members to another office or position under their control, and fix the salary of such person in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 36, Acts of 1929.
Article 9. VOTED : That the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $35.00 for the maintenance and lighting of the clock in the tower of the First Congrega- tional Church.
Article 10. VOTED : That the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $35.00 for the maintenance and light -.
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ing of the clock in the Tower of the First Baptist Church.
Article 11. VOTED : That the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $2,500.00 for the maintenance and upkeep of the Town Hall, as petitioned for by the Trustees of the Stetson School Fund.
Article 12. VOTED : That the Town transfer the sum of $2,904.86 from the Parking Meter Fees to the Parking Meter Expense Account.
Article 13. VOTED : That the Town accept a gift of $1,000.00 from M. B. Claff & Sons, Inc. to be used to purchase books, under the direction of the Superintendent of Schools, for the Library of the new High School.
VOTED. That the Selectmen be instructed to send a letter of appreciation for the Town of Randolph to M. B. Claff & Sons, Inc. for their most generous gift.
Article 14. VOTED : That the Town will not transfer the care, custody, management and control of a parcel of land on the southerly side of Memorial Parkway, adjacent to the Turner Free Library and running west- erly approximately two hundred (200) feet, and thence southerly approximately two hundred (200) feet, to the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of constructing a com- bination Police and Fire Station, upon notification by the School Committee that said land is no longer needed for school purposes.
Article 15. That no money be raised or appropriated for the purpose of construction, furnishing and equipping of a new combination fire and police station.
Australian Ballot : Yes: 33 - No: 162
Article 16. VOTED : That the sum of $29,735.00 be appropriated for the purchase of a new ladder truck for the Fire Department, and to meet said appropriation
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the sum of $29,735.00 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account, to be expended by the Board of Select- men for the type of ladder truck recommended by the Chief of the Fire Department.
Article 17. VOTED : That the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $550.00 for a new chain saw.
Article 18. VOTED. That the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $2,577.50 for the purpose of pur- chasing a 35Mt Bean Royal Sprayer complete with starter. generator and battery for the sum of $2,300.00; 250 feet of hose for $240.00; 1 fig. 785 Gun for $37.50; making a total amount of $2,577.50; to meet said the sum of $2,577.50 be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
Article 19. VOTED : £ That the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the control, care and eradication of the Dutch Elm Disease in the Town of Randolph under Chapter 716 of the General Laws, Acts of 1949 (effective August 27, 1949).
Article 20. VOTED : No action.
Article 21. VOTED : That the sum of $6,000.00 be raised and appropriated to build an addition to the Town Highway Barn.
Hand Vote : Yes : 108 - No: 41
Article 22. VOTED : That the Town allow the name changed on permit held by Blue Hill Sand and Gravel Company, Inc. to Linwood Memorial Park. Said permit was previously granted to the Blue Hill Sand and Gravel Company, Inc. at a Special Town Meeting held October 24, 1949 and approved by the Randolph Board of Health to operate a non-sectarian cemetery on a parcel of land comprising about eighty (80) acres, adjoining lands
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of the Central Cemetery Corporation in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth.
Article 23. VOTED : That the Town petition the Massachusetts State Legislature to authorize the Town of Randolph to employ a Town Manager. It is further peti- tioned that the Town of Randolph petition the legislature for permission to operate under a charter similar to that of the Town of Saugus. The Moderator is to appoint a committee to draw up the Charter consisting of members of the Planning Board, the Moderator, and the Chairman of the 1950 Town Committee on the Manager Form of Town Government.
Article 24. VOTED. No action.
Article 25. VOTED : That the Town include in the record of each Town Meeting, in the Annual Town Re- port, the names of those Town Meeting Members and Town Officials, absent from such Town Meetings.
Article 26. Article withdrawn - No action.
Article 27. VOTED. That the Town accept as a gift, free and clear, when it is deemed completed by the Board of Selectmen, the Building erected under the spon- sorship of the Civic Improvement League of Randolph, on Town property in Belcher Park. /
Article 28. VOTED : £ No action.
Article 29. VOTED : N. Action.
Article 30. VOTED : No action.
Article 31. VOTED : No action.
Australian Ballot : Yes : 12 No : 163
Article 32. VOTED : No action.
Article 33. VOTED : No action.
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Article 34. VOTED: No action.
Article 35. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY : No action.
Article 36.
VOTED: That the Town amend the Zoning Laws as provided for in Chapter 40 of the General Laws as follows: That a part of the property at 671 North Street, title for which is in the name of James H. and Marilyn Allen, on the northerly boundary running south- erly along North Street for 200 feet with a depth of 100 feet, be included in the business district, for the purpose of opening a small variety store.
Hand Vote: Yes: 149 - No: 14
Article 37. No action. This Article needed a 2/3 vote to pass and the vote was Yes: 105 - No: 55.
Article 38. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY: To indef- finitely postpone this Article and refer it back to the Zon- ing Committee for modification and revision.
Article 39. VOTED. No action.
Article 40. VOTED : That the Town zone for In- dustry the following premises. Beginning at a point 200 feet easterly of North Main Street and 100 feet north of Martindale Road and thence running northerly on a line parallel to North Main Street, 390 feet to the northerly side of the lane at land now of Ignazio DiPasqua, trustee, formerly of Charles G. Maguire, thence running easterly by the northerly side of said lane and said DePasqua land as the wall or foundation thereon now stands about 670 feet to a corner, thence running northerly and somewhat westerly by said DiPasqua land about 229 feet more or iess to Blue Hill River; thence on Blue Hill River in a general easterly direction indicated on a plan of a part of the homestead of Joseph Hunt situated in Randolph and Quincy; Royal Turner, Surveyor, recorded with Norfolk
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Deeds, Plan Book 69, Plan 3304; thence running in a southerly direction from said point designated on said plan as "supposed line" to a point on said line extended 617 feet; thence turning and running at right angles to land indicated on said plan as "Woodland, Joshua Hunt" 564 feet to a corner ; thence northwesterly along a straight line 200 feet to a point parallel to Martindale Road and 100 feet north of Martindale Road; thence running west- erly 850 feet along a straight line parallel to Martindale Road to the point of beginning. Yes: 162 - No: 7.
Article 41. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY : That the Town amend the Zoning By-Laws by the addition of the following amendment to Section 5A Paragraph 1: In the case of any lot below the minimum area, building permits must be accompanied by a deed showing that the lot was recorded at the Registry of Deeds prior to the effective date of this By-Law.
Article 42: VOTED UNANIMOUSLY : That the Town amend the Zoning By-Laws by the addition of the following amendment to Section 3 Part A Use Regulations : Erecting or maintaining any advertising sign except a real estate sign advertising for sale or rent the premises on which it is placed ; except a sign not over six square feet in area bearing the name and occupation of the owner or oc- cupant of the premises on which it is placed.
Article 43. VOTED : No action.
Article 44. VOTED : No Action.
Article 45: VOTED UNANIMOUSLY : That the Town amend Article 1, Section 7 of the Town By-Laws as follows: Line 10, "20th day of January" be changed to "15th day of January"; line 15 "one week" be changed to "two weeks"; and that Article V, Section 5 be amended as follows: line 6 and 7 "the first Monday in March" be
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changed to read "two weeks prior to the Annual Town Meeting in March"; as deleted.
Article 46. VOTED : That the Town amend the Town By-Laws to provide that no Trailers shall be used in the Town as residences or places of business, except those in use prior to March 5, 1953. All such trailers shall comply with all regular and special regulations of the Board of Health, Building Inspector, Plumbing Inspector, and Wire Inspector, insofar as applicable to trailers. Vote : Yes: 118 - No: 17.
Article 47. VOTED : To indefinitely postpone this article. Yes : 64 - No: 62.
Article 48. VOTED : No action.
Article 49. VOTED : No action.
Article 50. VOTED : No action.
Article 51. VOTED : No action.
Article 52. VOTED : That the sum of $2,500.00 be appropriated to rebuild Warren Street and West Street under Chapter "90" and that said appropriation be trans- ferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account.
Article 53. VOTED: No action.
Article 54. VOTED : No action.
Article 55. VOTED. To raise and appropriate to the sum of $5,200.00 for the purpose of retaining an Engineer, for the purpose of laying out an engineering service, for streets to be constructed under the Betterment Act.
Article 56. VOTED: No action. Article 57. VOTED : No action.
Article 58. VOTED : No action.
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Article 59. VOTED : No action.
Article 60. VOTED :
No action.
Article 61. VOTED : No action.
Article 62. VOTED : No action.
Article 63.
VOTED : No action.
Article 64.
VOTED : No action.
Article 65.
VOTED : No action.
Article 66.
VOTED : No action.
Article 67 :
VOTED : No action.
Article 68. VOTED : No action.
Article 69. VOTED : That the Town appropriate the sum of $1,800.00 to construct a drainage system on Lafayette Street through the Hayes property and that the sum of $1,800.00 be transferred from the E. & D. Account ..
Article 70. VOTED: That the Town appropriate the sum of $5,700.00 be appropriated to complete the drainage system on Cedar Circle and that said sum of $5,700.00 be transferred from the E. & D. Account.
Article 71. VOTED : That the sum of $12,000.00 be raised and appropriated to correct the drainage system between Liberty Street and Vesey Road, this to include re- building of catchbasins and manholes on Vesey Road and' Beverly Circle.
Article 72. VOTED : That the Town appropriate the sum of $2,300.00 to construct a drainage system on Grove Street near Cross Street, and that said sum of $2,300.00 be transferred from the E. & D. Account.
Article 73. VOTED : That the Town appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to construct a drainage system on Old.
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Street between Forest and Gordon Streets and that the sum of $2,000.00 be transferred from the E. & D. Account ..
Article 74. VOTED: That the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $2,100.00 to complete the drainage system between Himoor Circle and Chestnut Street.
Article 75. No action.
Article 76. VOTED : That the Town appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 to construct a drainage system be- tween Old and Hall Streets and that the sum of $6,000.00 be transferred from the E & D Account.
Article 77. VOTED: That the Town appropriate the sum of $1,700.00 for the completion of drainage on Fowler Street, and that the sum of $1,700.00 be trans- ferred from the E & D Account; this sum to be added to the sum similiarly appropriated under Article 85 of the Town Warrant of March, 1951.
Article 78. VOTED : That the sum of $13,500.00 be appropriated to install a six inch water main with the necessary gates and hydrants a distance of approxi- mately 3,000 feet from the last hydrant on Grove Street to Lafayette Street, and that the said sum of $13,500.00 be transferred from the E. & D. Account.
Article 79. VOTED : That the sum of $3,622.50 be appropriated to install a 6 inch water main with gates and hydrants on Upham Street from North Main Street to Mitchell Street, approximately 805 feet, and that the said sum of $3,622.50 be transferred from the E. & D. Account.
Article 80. VOTED : That the Town appropriate the sum of $4,275.00 to install a 6 inch water main on Royal Street with gates and hydrants for a distance of ap- proximately 950 feet and that the said sum of $4,275.00 be transferred from the E. & D. Account.
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Article 81. VOTED : That the Town appropriate the sum of $2,250.00 to install a 6 inch water main on High Street for a distance of 500 feet from its present dead end and that the said $2,250.00 be transferred from the E. & D. Account.
Article 82. No action.
Article 83. VOTED : That the Town appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to install a 6 inch water main with gates and hydrants on Ely Street from Fitzgerald to Pond Streets, a distance of approximately 850 feet, and the said sum be transferred from the E. & D. Account.
Article 84. No action.
Article 85. VOTED: That the sum of $1,920.00 be appropriated for the relocation and renewal of services in conjunction with the proposed continuation of the wid- ening and rebuilding of Warren Street and to meet said appropriation the sum of $1,920.00 be transferred from the E. & D. Account.
Article 86. VOTED: That the sum of $9.00.00 be appropriated to install two hundred feet of 6" C. I. Pipe on Waldo Street, with necessary hydrants and fittings and to meet said appropriation the sum of $900.00 be trans- ferred from the E. & D. Account.
Article 87. VOTED: That the Town appropriate the sum of $770.00 to install one hundred forty feet of 8" C. I. Pipe on Lillian Street, with necessary hydrants and fittings, and to meet said appropriation the sum of $770.00 be transferred from the E. & D. Account.
Article 88. VOTED: That the Town appropriate the sum of $5,280.00 to install nine hundred and sixty feet of 8" C. I. Pipe on Oliver Street, with necessary hydrants
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and fittings, and to meet said appropriation the sum of $5,280.00 be transferred from the E. & D. Account.
Article 89. VOTED: That the Town instruct the Board of Water Commissioners to install 6" water main on Morgan Street, a distance of 1,500 feet, to include gates and hydrants.
Article 90. VOTED : That the Town instruct the! Board of Water Commissioners to install a 6 inch water main on Fuller Street, a distance of 500 feet, including gates and hydrants.
Article 91. VOTED : That the Town instruct the Board of Water Commissioners to install a 6 inch water main on Sarah Street, a distance of 1,000 feet including gates and hydrants.
Article 92. VOTED : That the Town instruct the Board of Water Commissioners to install a 6 inch water main on Edwin Street, a distance of 825 feet, including gates and hydrants.
Article 93. VOTED : That the Town instruct the Board of Water Commissioners to install a 6 inch water main on Morse Street ,a distance of 1125 feet, including gates and hydrants.
Article 94. VOTED : That the Town instruct the Board of Water Commissioners to install a 6 inch water main on Morse Street, a distance of 1125 feet, including gates and hydrants.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
July 20, 1953
Article 1. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY : That the Town raise and appropriate an additional sum of $1,600.00
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for Town Meeting and Election Expense.
Article 2. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY : That the Town raise and appropriate an additional sum of $500.00 for Discount and Interest Account.
Article 3. No action.
Article 4. VOTED : That the Town raise and ap- propriate the sum of $600.00 for the purpose of defraying the Town's proportionate share of the premiums on a group insurance plan for the permanent Town employees in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 239 of the Acts and Resolves of the Massachusetts Legislature for the year 1952.
Article 5. VOTED : That the Town raise and ap- propriate an additional sum of $350.00 for Lock-Up Expense.
Article 6. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY: That the Town vote to accept Ox Bow Lane, as laid out by the Board of Survey.
Article 7. VOTED UNANIMOUSLY : That the Town raise and appropriate an additional sum of $100.00 for Costs and Claims.
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